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So... my sister is naming her daughter Billie Isabel. Don't ask. Anyway, the Billie is after someone, but the Isabel isn't. So they're asking me to figure out a good Hebrew name to go with Isabel. Clearly, Izevel isn't going to fly. <grin>
I was thinking that maybe because of the queen thing, and because it'd start with the same letter, suggesting Esther. Malka is out because that's my Mom's Hebrew name.
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And Yisraela would kind of be the opposite of Izevel, so that could actually be a good one. Cool! I may recommend that.
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According to one of my baby name books, Isabel is derived from Elizabeth. How about Elisheva? Or Hadassah?
My mother's name is Elizabeth and her Hebrew name is Elisheva. My grandmother's (mother's mother) name is Isabelle and her Hebrew name Bilhah, though everyone always called her by the Yiddish version, Bayla.
Does it have to be close to the English name? Aerin's Hebrew name is Sela Shoshana, after Andrew's grandmother and aunt. I've always liked the names Yael, Orli, and Leah.
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It doesnt always have to sound the same, im Brandon and mine is B'reet, there were like 2 that were closer to Brandon, my parents just liked that one
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I have a cousin Yisraela. So I'm rather partial to the name. It's not after anyone -- they hadn't been expecting twins. So they only had one girl name picked out. But they were recent olim, and so the doctor suggested Yisraela for the second. Emphatically. Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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Elisheva probably isn't an option, mostly because Billie has a cousin named Elisheva.
It's hard for me to imagine Isabel (or Isobel) being derived from Elisabeth. I mean, I can see the phonetics happening, but I'm skeptical.
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I hope I'm not intruding too much into this discussion, but I never knew that people had two names, one of which was a Hebrew name. When is the Hebrew name used? Why not use the Hebrew name instead of the other name (American name? English name?) ~Sala
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Some people's Hebrew name is the same as their American/English/Other Language name.
But if the child is given a name that is not in Hebrew it is necessary to give them a name in Hebrew as well. (IIRC.)
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Sala, a lot of people don't want their children to be seen as "different", so they give them American names. Or French names in France, or German names in Germany. But we've always kept our Jewish names, regardless of the local names we take. Sometimes they're Hebrew, and sometimes they're Yiddish. My first name is Yiddish, for example, but my middle name is Hebrew.
When my daughter was born (we were living in Israel), we of course just gave her a Hebrew name. When I told my grandmother (by telephone) what her name was, she said, "That's a beautiful name. What's her English name?" I had to explain to her that an English name wouldn't make sense in Israel.
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